Ok, the press release is a bit tendentious, but that's how press releases
are.
To be perfectly honest, I am actually pleasantly surprised by this news. The
more quality glass for film cameras the better is my motto.
Is Zeiss moving into a position as a 3rd party lens manufacturer? Not too
strange; the've lost a market with Kyocera going belly up in the camera area
and stopping the Contax brand. Wonder if they'll move to other mounts as
well...
Bart
On 10/2/06, Fabio Fiorellato <flowerside@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The two new macro (pardon: "maKro") lenses introduced by Zeiss in Nik*n F
> mount are (according to the press release, see:
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/06100103zeissnikonfmount.asp#press2)
>
> "the fastest macro lenses for 35mm full-frame photography today - whether
> for film or digital capture".
>
> Well, to be honest, Zeiss press agents should have put it this way:
> they're
> *among* the fastest macro lenses for 35mm full-frame photography today.
>
> They were put in production just a mere 20 years after Olympus introduced
> the 50mm f/2 and 90mm f/2 macro (they too focus to half life size only).
>
> I've to admit I'm damn curious about their optical schemas, just to see
> how
> much do them resemble our beloved Zuiks ones.
>
> Just a rant.
>
> Ciao!
>
> Fabio
>
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